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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3960022, member: 96898&quot;]It&#039;s particularly interesting that the animals on your Caracalla ant have a bull&#039;s head but a horse&#039;s body. Is that part of the design or was the engraver so used to engraving horses that he rendered all other draught animals horse-ish, too?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Republican Luna, identifiable by the crescent over her head:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043142[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, anonymous issue, AR denarius, 179–170 BC, Rome mint. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, r.; behind, denominational mark X. Rev: Luna in biga r., with horses prancing; in exergue, ROMA (traces of overstriking?). 20mm, 3.80g. Ref: RRC 158/1. Ex JB collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 93 (their picture).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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